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IN Naturwissenschaftliche Wochenschrift (No. 4, 1912), Dr. F. M. Exner gives an elaborate analysis of the principal results of Dr. C. Dorno's painstaking measurements of solar radiation and atmospheric electricity at Davos in 1908–10, made with the most up-to-date instruments, and published, with numerous tables and plates, in a stately quarto volume, entitled “Studie über Licht und Luft im Hochgebirge” (F. Vieweg and Son, Brunswick). We can only quote here two or three of the actinometric results, which serve to show the nature of the work. Although Dr. Exner's analysis is so full, the work contains so much material that it is impossible even to make mention of all the results. The following are the results of 662 determinations:—
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Solar Radiation at Davos . Nature 89, 440 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/089440a0
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